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Noted as one of the most popular series in American literature, the works of L. Frank Baum have been brought together in this singular collection that ensures the fun never stops! Embark on the journey that has capitated audiences for more than a century.

Scarecrow is the second enchanting tale in the Tales from the Land of Oz series, a heartfelt journey into the making of Oz’s wisest and most unexpected hero. Born from a storm and stitched together by hope, the Scarecrow longs for something more than a life pinned to a lonely field. When dark magic stirs and the world around him begins to change, he sets off down a golden road in search of a brain and a future he can call his own. Full of wonder, adventure, and quiet courage, Scarecrow is a beautifully told origin story that brings new life and heart to a beloved character. Perfect for ...

Cap'n Bill and Trot journey to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, the former ruler of Oz, overthrow the villainous King Krewl of Jinxland. Cap'n Bill and Trot had previously appeared in two other novels by Baum, The Sea Fairies and Sky Island. Based in part upon the 1914 silent film, His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz. This was allegedly L. Frank Baum's personal favourite Oz book.

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth Oz book. In this story, Trot, a young girl from California, and her peg-legged sailor friend, Cap'n Bill, find themselves on a perilous voyage when a whirlpool leaves them stranded in an underwater cave. There they are befriended by a most curious creature - the Ork. With four paddle-like wings, legs like a stork's, a parrot's head, and a tail like a propeller, the Ork proves to be a very welcome and helpful companion.

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book in the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrowing the corrupt King Krewl of Jinxland. Cap'n Bill and Trot (Mayre Griffiths) had previously appeared in two other novels by Baum, The Sea Fairies (1911) and Sky Island (1912). Cap'n Bill, a sailor with a wooden peg leg, and his friend, a little girl named Trot, set out from California on a calm day for a short ride in their rowboat.

Cap’n Bill, a little girl named Trot, and Button-Bright are marooned in Jinxland, a mountainous region adjacent to Oz but separated by a bottomless chasm. While there, they get embroiled in a political rivalry between good King Kynd and the notorious usurper Krewl. When the Scarecrow gets wind of the trouble via Glinda’s Great Book of Records (a kind of precursor to the internet), he joins the fight between good and evil.

In this action-packed sequel to The Wizard of OZ: A Steampunk Adventure, American author S.D. Stuart returns to the Australis Penal Colony, where an ancient, and devastating, weapon was hidden a millennium ago. Imprisoned by the Southern Marshal, a half-human, half-lion hybrid lives behind an electrified fence with others like him. His only chance at freedom is to locate and recover this ancient weapon before a mysterious shadow organization uses it to conquer the world.

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a...

In the next installment of the Happily Harem After Series, Snow White, Goldilocks, The Wizard of Oz, and Sleeping Beauty are retold with a reverse harem twist. Four classic tales, four brave women, and far too many sexy men to count. If you haven't read reverse harem before, this book will convert you.

A tornado swept her away… But the real nightmare begins when she lands. In this chilling reimagining of the classic tale, twelve-year-old Dorothy Gale finds herself not in a land of wonder—but a broken world of shadows, blood-soaked bricks, and things that whisper in the dark. Her only guide is the silver shimmer of cursed shoes and a loyal dog who won’t leave her side. As she journeys across a twisted Oz, she encounters monstrous versions of old friends: a scarecrow with mushrooms growing from his stitched skull, a tin man leaking black ichor from a door in his chest, and a lion with...

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrowing the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland.

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and not long after entering Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere.

This, the complete and unabridged original tale that provided us with the best-loved classic movie, stands on its own as a great modern fairy tale. Dorothy, her dog, Toto, and her companions, the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, are characters who endure in the hearts of children and adults alike. Join them on their enchanting journey as they follow the Yellow Brick Road in search of the wonderful Wizard in the enchanted Emerald City.

The Green Star of Oz is a Special Oz Story that might tug at your heartstrings. (The Tin Woodman told me it could.) It is for the millions who love Oz. It is for my great-grandfather, L. Frank Baum. (You’ll find out why it is.) It would be difficult to love Oz after these more than 100 years and not love its author as well. Of course, it is obvious to millions that his books were written “to gladden the heart” and therefore to entertain. There are no other reasons or messages. And so to Oz we go, for a visit, with Great-granddad, along with Great-grandmother and the neighborhood ...

You’ve Heard the Legend. Now, Live the Legacy. A reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s timeless classic It’s been 125 years since Dorothy Gale first followed the Yellow Brick Road. Now, her distant cousin—also named Dorothy—uncovers a dusty shoebox in her grandmother’s bedroom closet. Inside lies a pair of shimmering silver slippers and a faded note that reads: “Oz still remembers.” When she slips them on, Dorothy is swept into a breathtaking, futuristic Oz—where the once brilliant Emerald City is under the iron rule of a new Wicked Witch. Magic and machines are at war, and ...

The Lion’s adventure begins at a faraway place as a young lion. It tells how he arrived in Oz and then propels him through this fast-paced story with new characters and the SillyOZbul. This adventure takes you from a lion cub until he meets Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Toto on the Yellow Brick Road as the Cowardly Lion. Hold on for the nostalgia and the surprise ending. THE LION OF OZ AND THE BADGE OF COURAGE is a masterful Oz adventure typical of Roger S. Baum and his flair for the unexpected.

Cap'n Bill and a little girl named Trot are out in their rowboat when a whirlpool capsizes their craft. Finding themselves in an underwater cave, they meet up with an Ork. Further along their journey, they run into Button-Bright, the little boy from The Road to Oz, who has seemingly lost his way once again. The group learns of the unjust behavior of King Krewl, who has cut off Jinxland from the rest of Oz, and how the rightful king's daughter, Gloria, is being forced to marry old Googly-Goo, despite her being in love with Pon, the gardener's son.

Dorothy shouldn't have left the Yellow Brick Road. Astray in the Oz Forest, she has to find her way out, with only a long-forgotten road to guide her. When she ignores the warning sign and walks with Toto into the Land of Never Return, she discovers that Bekama, the leader of the Tinybits, plans to keep them there forever. Now their only hope lies with the Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman---Dorothy's three very best friends---who must thwart the dangers of the Oz Forest and find Dorothy before she becomes forever trapped in the lost reaches of Oz.

When an Earth-shattering secret has two legs, a big mouth, and a blinkered determination to get home by any means necessary, it’s up to Daisy and Aidan to stop it happening… by any means necessary! “One of the best cozy mystery series I’ve ever read!” Come and meet our feisty R.E.D. heroine, and find out why she’s such a hit with readers! (And check out the dramatic Throwback Prequel, ‘When Daisy Met Aidan’. It’s not listed with the main series books, but it’s there if you type it into the search-bar!) From feeling like they were back in the eighteenth century, Daisy and...

This radio dramatization of the classic musical features Judy Garland re-creating the role for which she received an honorary Academy Award. It aired on Dec. 25, 1950, a dozen years after the movie was released.